Tom Tom Club (1981)

Tom Tom Club is the debut studio album by American new wave band Tom Tom Club, released in October 1981, containing the UK hit singles "Wordy Rappinghood", which reached No. 7 in June 1981 and "Genius of Love", which reached No. 65 in October of the same year. It was re-released in the UK in 1982 to include "Under the Boardwalk", which reached No. 22 in August 1982. When released in the United States, "Genius of Love" peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Both "Wordy Rappinghood" and "Genius of Love" topped the US dance chart.

The album was re-released on May 19, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's second studio album, Close to the Bone (1983). The album was further reissued on Limited Edition white vinyl by Real Gone Music on March 1, 2019.

Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 87 on its Best Albums of the 1980s list.

Personnel

• Tom Tom Club
• Tina Weymouth – lead vocals, bass guitar, co-producer
• Chris Frantz – drums, co-producer
• Adrian Belew – guitar
• Monte Brown – guitar
• Tyrone Downie – keyboards
• Uziah Thompson – percussion
• Lani Weymouth – vocals
• Laura Weymouth – vocals
• Loric Weymouth – vocals

either Benji Armbrister or Kendal Stubbs – bass guitar on "Genius of Love" (uncredited)

• Technical
• Steven Stanley – co-production, engineering, mixing
• Benji Armbrister – engineering
• Kendal Stubbs – engineering
• James Rizzi – cover illustration